DARLINGTON, SC (May 7, 2005) -- Shane Hmiel and the #32 WINFUEL team
went to Darlington Raceway hoping to get their season back on the right
track after suffering disappointing finishes the past two weekends, a
result of being involved in major unavoidable accidents.

After rain forced the cancellation of on track activities on Thursday,
the #32 WINFUEL team endured a long day of practice, qualifying, and
racing all on Friday. Shane Hmiel was the first car on track during the
afternoon's Busch Pole qualifying session, and he managed to put the
WINFUEL Chevrolet in 5th place on the starting grid.

"Today was a long, tough battle for the WINFUEL Chevrolet," Hmiel
said. "I got my Darlington stripe early in practice this morning, and
my team worked really hard to get the car repaired, so that we could
practice more before qualifying. I was a little disappointed with my
qualifying run because I know I left some out there, but at least we
secured a solid top-five starting stop."

From the time the green flag waved on the Diamond Hill Plywood 200, the
#32 WINFUEL Chevy driver quickly began working his way past the cars in
front of him. Hmiel took the lead on lap 17, when he drove the #32 Chevy
by #5 Jimmie Johnson in turns 3 and 4, and he held the lead for the next
17 laps until #40 Sterling Marlin took the lead on lap 32. "My car
was so fast at the beginning of the race that I was able to drive right
up to the lead," Shane said. "Unfortunately, the WINFUEL Chevy
was only good for about thirty laps, and then it was almost like hitting
a switch because it fell off so bad. From that point on, we battled
handling and tire problems and we couldn't seem to catch a break with
the cautions."

After losing the lead, Hmiel suffered tight conditions and fell to 14th
position before being the first lead car to come to pit road for service
under green flag conditions on lap 43. Unfortunately, the caution came
out on lap 49 and #32 Chevy was caught one-lap down to the leaders. Hmiel
would continue to battle tire problems and tight conditions throughout
the race, forcing the WINFUEL team to use a different pit strategy than
the leaders, trapping Hmiel two laps down by the end of the race.

When the checkered flag flew on lap 147, Hmiel ended up 24th, the first
car 2 laps down to the leaders. "It's disappointing to finish
24th because I know our car was better than that, but at least we came
home in one-piece, which is good for us after the wrecks we've been
involved in the past few weeks," Hmiel said. "I'm looking
forward racing under the lights at another short track next weekend in
Richmond; hopefully we can get back to finishing in the top-five
again."

Richmond International Raceway is "Racing Perfection Under the
Lights", and this weekend Shane Hmiel will strive for perfection in
the #32 WINFUEL Chevrolet. Live coverage of the Funai 250 begins on FX at
7:30 p.m. EST.